Exhibit 4.1





Exhibit 4.1




AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT




This Amendment No. 5 to Rights Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of December 21,
2009 (to become effective on the date set forth in Section 7 of this Amendment), between Image
Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A.,
a federally chartered trust company, as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agent”), and amends the Rights
Agreement dated as of October 31, 2005, by and between the Company and the Rights Agent, as amended
by Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement dated as of March 29, 2007, Amendment No. 2 to Rights
Agreement dated as of June 25, 2007, Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement dated as of February 2,
2008 and Amendment No. 4 to Rights Agreement dated as of November 19, 2008 (as amended, the “Rights
Agreement”).



WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Rights Agreement to (i) prevent certain Persons
acting with the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company who propose to acquire certain
equity interests in the Company from becoming Acquiring Persons, and to prevent the execution,
delivery or performance of the Securities Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined below) or any
of the Ancillary Agreements (as such term is defined below) from resulting in a Section 11(a)(ii)
Event, a Section 13 Event, a Triggering Event, a Distribution Date or a Share Acquisition Date and
(ii) amend the definition of Expiration Date; and



WHEREAS, this Amendment is entered into pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, which
permits the Company’s board of directors to amend the Rights Agreement in any respect prior to the
Distribution Date without the approval of any holders of Rights.



WHEREAS, this Amendment is entered into pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights Agreement prior
to the time that any Person, to the knowledge of the Company, has become an Acquiring Person.



NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth,
the parties hereto agree as follows:



1. Defined Terms




Terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms as
in the Rights Agreement. The term “Agreement” or “Rights Agreement” as used in the Rights
Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Rights Agreement as amended hereby, and all references to
the Agreement or Rights Agreement shall be deemed to include this Amendment.



2. Amendment of Section 1




(a) Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to delete each of the definitions of
“Merger Agreement,” “Merger Sub,” “Parent” and “Voting Agreements” in its entirety.


 


 









 





(b) Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby further amended to add the following
definitions, which shall be inserted into Section 1 in alphabetical order:



“Ancillary Agreements” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement.



“Investor Representative” shall mean JH Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.




“Investors” shall mean, collectively, JH Investment Partners Evergreen Fund, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership, JH Investment Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, and JH Investment Partners GP Fund III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.




“Registration Rights Agreement” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement to be
entered into by and among the Company, the Investor Representative and the Investors.




“Securities Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated
December 21, 2009 by and between the Company, the Investor Representative and the Investors
pursuant to which the Investors will purchase from the Company, and the Company will agree
to issue and sell to the Investors, shares of Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock and Series
C Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company.



3. Amendment of Section 7




Paragraph (a) of Section 7 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read in full as follows:



“The registered holder of any Rights Certificate evidencing exercisable Rights may exercise
the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement) in whole or in part
at any time after the Distribution Date upon surrender of the Rights Certificate, with the form of
election to purchase and the related certification properly completed and duly executed, to the
Rights Agent at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, together with payment
of the Purchase Price for each Right being exercised (as such amount may be reduced (including to
zero) pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii)) and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax or charge
required to be paid by the holder of such Rights Certificate in accordance with Section 9 in cash,
or by certified check, wire transfer or bank draft payable to the order of the Company), at or
prior to the earliest of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth anniversary hereof (the “Final
Expiration Date”), (ii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23 (the
“Redemption Date”), (iii) the time at which such Rights are exchanged as provided in Section 24,
and (iv) immediately prior to the Initial Closing (as such term is defined in the Securities
Purchase Agreement) (the earliest of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) being the “Expiration Date”).”


 


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4. Amendment of Section 35




Section 35 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read in
full as follows:



“35. Exception For Securities Purchase Agreement



Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, neither a Section 11(a)(ii)
Event, a Section 13 Event, a Triggering Event, a Distribution Date, nor a Share Acquisition Date
shall be deemed to have occurred, none of the Investors, the Investor Representative or any of
their Affiliates or Associates shall be deemed to have become an Acquiring Person, and no holder of
any Rights shall be entitled to exercise such Rights under, or be entitled to any rights pursuant
to, any of Sections 3(a), 7(a), 11(a) or 13 of this Agreement, in any such case by reason of (a)
the announcement of the Securities Purchase Agreement, (b) the approval, execution or delivery of
the Securities Purchase Agreement or any amendments thereof or any of the Ancillary Agreements or
any amendments thereof or (c) the commencement or, the consummation of, any of the transactions
contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements.”



5. Addition of a New Section 37




The Rights Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Section 37 thereof which shall read as
follows:



“37. Termination



Other than those provisions which by their terms survive the termination of this Agreement and
the expiration of the Rights, this Agreement will terminate and the Rights established hereby will
expire in all respects immediately prior to the Initial Closing (as such term is defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement). The Company shall notify the Rights Agent of the occurrence of the
Initial Closing (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) promptly
thereafter.”



6. Amendment of Exhibits to Rights Agreement




All references to October 31, 2015 in the Form of Rights Certificate attached as Exhibit B to
the Rights Agreement and in the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock attached as Exhibit C
to the Rights Agreement shall instead mean the Expiration Date.


 


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7. Effectiveness




This Amendment shall be deemed effective as of the time immediately prior to the signing of
the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall notify the Rights Agent of (i) the signing of
the Securities Purchase Agreement promptly thereafter and (ii) the occurrence of the Initial
Closing (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) promptly thereafter. Except
as amended hereby, the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall be
otherwise unaffected hereby.



8. Miscellaneous




This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of Delaware
and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such state.
This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of such counterparts shall for
all purposes be deemed an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument. A signature to this Amendment transmitted
electronically shall have the same authority, effect, and enforceability as an original
signature. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Amendment is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remainder
of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Amendment shall remain in full force
and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 5 to Rights Agreement to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ JEFF M. FRAMER
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Jeff M. Framer 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 
	 	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ KELLIE GWINN
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Kellie Gwinn 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 




 


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